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Back from England

Hi, my darlings! We got back from England last night, after a wonderful, dreamy, windy, sunshiny week visiting our relatives in Cornwall. I keep gazing at this photo, which my cousin took while we were on a boat to the beach. I wish I could beam myself right back there. :) How was your week?

I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the motherhood posts. I don't have kids, but plan to soon. I work at home, and have often wondered what that would look like with kids. Thanks for introducing me to all these role models!

Beautiful photo! I have so loved your motherhood posts. Really makes your admire all that moms do everyday no matter their circumstances and bringing mothers together makes me feel more peaceful and not as alone as a mother!

courtney, i'm SO glad that you said it makes mothers feel less alone -- that really was the main goal behind the series. i had felt so alone at the beginning of motherhood (despite having a great husband, mom, friends, etc.) -- i found it ESSENTIAL to talk to other mothers and not just hang out in playgroups, but really TALK. i'm so, so glad you enjoyed the series. very much looking forward to doing more. xo

when I first met Gus's nanny, (2 mornings by the way, big juggles) I asked her if she wanted a cup of tea. She said she didn't drink tea, or any hot drinks for that matter. I stared at her a little bit too long. She completely threw me! Glad you got some sunshine down in Cornwall. London is miserable :( but we do love to talk about the weather. x

how was your trip to england? my inlaws are there and i have a daughter the same age as your son. i'm worried about that long of flight with her! also the posts last week were awesome, thanks so much! as a full time work at home mom with pretty much no nanny help, it's nice to hear other tips! :)

the photo of true hapiness. The one that comes straight from your hearts. You didn't have to write anything about your vacation in England, the photo speaks for itself. You are a beautiful beautiful family!

Amazing photo, love the way you're all holding on to each other. You have such a beautiful family, Joanna!

I also wanted to tell you how much a absolutely loved all the guest posts last week, they were incredible. I'm not a mother yet, but hearing from so many incredible woman was really inspirational. Thank you so much for doing that.

What a beautfil picture :-) I'm about to go on a family vacation with my parents (at 30 years old) and pictures like this make me reminisce about the vacation with them when I was little :-)And I totally LOL'd at the cartoon ^^

This photo says it all. Glad to see you had an unforgetable time in the UK. Love the cartoon, hee hee. Will have to share it with my English buds. Have a good week. Hopefully Toby won't suffer too much from the jetlag, hey! Bises

Hello Joanna, welcome back from your trip. I absolutely love this photo and hope to someday take one just as lovely! The weekend was super hot here in KL...hopefully it is cooler over there on the other side of the world in NYC. Have a great week!Grace @ Wrinkled Chiffonwww.wrinkledchiffon.com

Lovely photo. Welcome back....I read you every day...and... I have to say that i didn't like your guest post.I don't have kids, and i believe that women lite shouldn't be so focused on them. I understand that the posts were about woman life with kids. I read some of the motherhood posts but i had to' skip most of them. A little to much for me. We all know it is possibile and like advices on how to' do it. For me it was a little to much. So, agami... Welcome back.I am willing to read you also on other topics.

kathryn, the jet lag was ok, actually -- he stayed up a little late the first night (until about 10pm UK time) and slept a little late the next morning (until about 8am UK time). but after that, he was basically on british time. i was surprised at how quickly he adjusted his internal clock -- i think babies really respond to daylight and figure it out! or else we were just lucky on this trip, haha :) good luck!!

Remember when you were talking about getting nostalgic about moments that were currently happening? This is totally crazy but I feel nostalgic for you looking at this photo. It is so lovely and I hope you and your family will always know the happiness you ooze in this photo.

Hi Joanna,So you were in Polruan?! That's so funny, my in-laws are on East Street and regulars at the Lugger! My husband's dad in on the council so I wonder if he knows your grandnmother? What a small world! I hope you had a good time and that England treated you well! x x x

inspired winter, NO WAY!!!!! my grandmother lives on West Street -- and we went to the Lugger one night, i wonder if we saw your in-laws! that is SO funny. i adore polruan more than anywhere in the world.

my grandmother's name is Mary Goddard -- how funny that would be if they knew each other! :)

That's so funny- I just spoke to my father in law (Martin Akerman) and he just said that he knows your lovely grandmother to say hello to! Small world indeed! (Although Polruan is a pretty small community I suppose..!) I'm glad you had a good time in Cornwall and hope you visit again soon! Did you have any time to see any more of the UK?Huge fan of your blog of course!x x x

Welcome home! I love that cartoon! We've just moved to NYC from Scotland, and I'm not a caffeine drinker. I can't tell you how many times I had to refuse tea. Eek! When I visited a friend, her mom bought me my own fruit tea and then made sure I drank it;).

I was just in England last week too! I'm editing photos now and it almost kills me to be home and not there anymore! That picture is perfection... You guys are the sweetest little family and it just makes my heart smile!

that is SO funny! martin akerman, i will have to ask my grandmother! hilarious!! :) we never really see any other parts of the UK, other than cornwall, dorset and bath, where our family lives. i'd love to take a longer trip sometime and really explore -- wales, too!

That little cartoon made me laugh. I have an English husband. Last night, while i was working on my computer, he asked me if i wanted more tea. I said no but he brought me some anyway. His English mind couldn't even register the "no to tea". So funny.

so cool you guys have family down south- such a beautiful, ancient part of the world, one of the places I feel most relaxed (I'm not Cornish at all, I'm from much nearer London but it's a favourite holiday place of mine)

Oh my god Jo, this is such a cool family portrait!! I absolutely love it! You should definitively get it enlarged and printed or do a B&W moodboard at home like the one I did in our home with Japanese masking tape here

I would like to say that we English don't actually drink that much tea. But I have at least one cup a day so I guess we do! Ooh and I was in Padstow this early summer! We try and go there as much as possible... We came close by Polruan house hunting! We would love a place in Padstow, though. So if anyone's thinking of selling ;P Glad you have a lovely time xxx